Swing made from this paper took Aurangzeb's weight
Updated On: 20 June, 2009 09:10 AM IST | Anjana Vaswani
Anjana Vaswani visited a quaint store at Fort that houses birds on strings, stylish tunics, and tuber roses, all made from paper manufactured at a historic mill that holds stories of Mughal emperor Jehangir and the eccentric Aurangzeb
Anjana Vaswani visited a quaint store at Fort that houses birds on strings, stylish tunics, and tuber roses, all made from paper manufactured at a historic mill that holds stories of Mughal emperor Jehangir and the eccentric Aurangzeb
Bombay paperie, a quaint hand-made paper store in an inconspicuous building that stands from across the Bombay Stock Exchange houses a story of revival, littered with secret trivia dating back to the Mughal empire.
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Emperor Jehangir, son of Akbar and Rajput princess Jodhabai, was a patron of the arts. That's the known bit.
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Tunics and blouses made from paper at one of their workshops hang on display at the store.
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